diff --git a/pkgs/misc/themes/arc/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/themes/arc/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e61a1327a82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/themes/arc/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, autoconf, automake, fetchFromGitHub, gnome3, gtk, gtk-engine-murrine, pkgconfig}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "2015-10-21";
+  name = "arc-gtk-theme-git-${version}";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "horst3180";
+    repo = "arc-theme";
+    sha256 = "09s452ysg5ys5i3ahb2dgdmr9j64b92hy9rgfvbgw6r5kdrnb60s";
+    rev = "f4c71247cf9470037d052ae4a12b86073d0001ff";
+  };
+
+  preferLocalBuild = true;
+
+  buildInputs = [ autoconf automake gtk-engine-murrine pkgconfig ];
+
+  configureScript = "./autogen.sh";
+  configureFlags = "--with-gnome=${gnome3.version}";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A flat theme with transparent elements for GTK 3, GTK 2 and Gnome-Shell";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/horst3180/Arc-theme";
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.simonvandel ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6564a15cad2..f3a5148f695 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -629,6 +629,8 @@ let
 
   inherit (androidenv) androidsdk_4_4 androidndk;
 
+  arc-gtk-theme = callPackage ../misc/themes/arc { };
+
   aria2 = callPackage ../tools/networking/aria2 { };
   aria = aria2;